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Download full textErwin, Heather E.; Rose, Stephanie A.; Small, Sarah R.; Perman, Jay – Afterschool Matters, 2016
Many afterschool physical activity programs and curricula are available, but evaluation of their effectiveness is needed. Well-marketed programs such as the Child and Adolescent Trial for Cardiovascular Health (CATCH) Kids Club have shown limited effectiveness in increasing physical activity for participants in comparison to control groups.…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Physical Activities, Physical Education, Program Effectiveness
Direct linkCook-Harvey, Channa M.; Stosich, Elizabeth Leisy – Stanford Center for Opportunity Policy in Education, 2016
How might policymakers and educators utilize the work already being done as states redesign their accountability systems? The 2015 reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), brought much needed attention to the performance of traditionally underserved subgroups of students. Supported by greater flexibility under ESEA…
Descriptors: Accountability, Educational Change, Federal Legislation, Educational Legislation
Southern Regional Education Board (SREB), 2014
The Literacy Design Collaborative (LDC) and the Mathematics Design Collaborative (MDC) are strategies designed to improve how teachers teach and students learn. The designs encourage teacher collaboration and creativity and offer flexible frameworks for building lessons in all disciplines. Their purpose is to engage students to read challenging…
Descriptors: Best Practices, Educational Strategies, Educational Improvement, Instructional Design
Research For Action, 2012
Funded by The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Literacy Design Collaborative (LDC) and Math Design Collaborative (MDC) offer a set of instructional and formative assessment tools in literacy and math, which were developed to help educators better prepare all students to meet the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) and succeed beyond high…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, State Standards, Instructional Leadership, Educational Change
Fulton, Mary; Gianneschi, Matt; Blanco, Cheryl; DeMaria, Paolo – Education Commission of the States, 2014
The Developmental Strategies for College Readiness and Success Resource Guide was produced by the Education Commission of the States and the Southern Regional Education Board for the "Countdown to 2015: Developmental Strategies to Advance Readiness in the Common Core Era" convening held April 21-23, 2014 in Charlotte, North Carolina. The…
Descriptors: College Readiness, Success, Developmental Studies Programs, Guides
Guskey, Thomas R.; Munoz, Marco A.; Aberli, Jennifer – Journal of Staff Development, 2009
Improving the literacy skills of struggling high school readers remains one of the greatest challenges educators face today. Students who are two or more years behind grade level in their language arts skills have little chance of successfully completing a rigorous program of studies in high school and are the most likely to drop out. Accelerating…
Descriptors: Remedial Instruction, Remedial Programs, High School Students, Reading Failure
Jones, Debra Hughes; Vaden-Kiernan, Michael; Rudo, Zena; Fitzgerald, Robert; Hartry, Ardice; Chambers, Bette; Smith, Dewi; Muller, Patricia; Moss, Marcey A. – SEDL, 2008
Under the larger scope of the National Partnership for Quality Afterschool Learning, SEDL funded three awardees to carry out large-scale randomized controlled trials (RCT) assessing the efficacy of promising literacy curricula in afterschool settings on student academic achievement. SEDL provided analytic and technical support to the RCT studies…
Descriptors: Research Methodology, Adolescents, Recruitment, Partnerships in Education
Vaden-Kiernan, Michael; Jones, Debra Hughes; Rudo, Zena – SEDL, 2008
SEDL is providing analytic and technical support to three large-scale randomized controlled trials assessing the efficacy of promising literacy curriculum in afterschool settings on student academic achievement. In the field of educational research, competition among research organizations and researchers can often impede collaborative efforts in…
Descriptors: Research Methodology, Researchers, Academic Achievement, Evaluation
Moore, Lawrence H.; Jackson, Sharon – 1984
This manual is intended for use in training new and first-year adult basic education (ABE) teachers in Kentucky. Discussed in the introductory chapter are the roots of ABE in Kentucky, the basic goals and objectives of ABE, and the ways in which programs are established and operated locally. Next, the characteristics of adult students are…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning, Adult Programs, Adult Students
